Cloth-winding machine.



No. 759,376. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

N. JARVIS. CLOTH WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFIC NELSON JARVIS, OF J EVVETT CITY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO WILLIAM HENRY BROWN, OF J EWETT CITY, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTH-WINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 759,376, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed November 1, 1902. Serial No. 129,682. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON J ARVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at J ewett City, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cloth-WindingMachines, of which the following is a specification. This inventionrelates to cloth-winding machines; and the object of the invention is toprovide an effective machine of this character having simple means foreffecting the transfer of the cloth from a filled or completelywoundboard to another or empty board, so that the former can be taken fromthe machine and an empty one put in its place while the latter is havingthe material wound thereon, by reason of which the output of the machineis materially increased. The improved machine involves a plurality ofindependent board-carrying devices, and although in the followingdescription I refer simply to two this number, if desired, may beincreased.

In connection with the independent boardcarrying devices I provide apair of guiderolls between which the cloth to be wound upon the boardsis adapted to travel, and a suitable registering device is preferablyconnected with one of these rolls and is adapted to indicate the amountof cloth wound upon the boards. The two rolls mentioned are preferablyarranged substantially between the board-carrying devices, and when oneboard has been filled the cloth between the same and the rolls can beout, so that the leading end of such cloth can be transferred to theother board.

The board-carrying devices are simple, having means for efliecting theready removal of the filled boards and as easily the attachment of theempty boards.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification Ihave shown the invention in one simple and convenient embodimentthereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation asseen from the right in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional viewshereinafter more particularly described. Fig. 6 is a detail in sectionalelevation of part of the registering mechanism.

Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

The framing of the machinemay be of any suitable character. Thatrepresented includes in its construction the columns or uprights 2,arranged vertically and in parallelism and having widened base portions3, to which the horizontal bed-plate 4 is bolted or otherwise fastened.The bed-plate 4, as will hereinafter appear, carries the cloth-windingmechanism.

Upon the lower ends of the columns 2, at the side thereof opposite thatprovided with the widened base portions or feet 3, are suitablyconnectedbrackets 5, adapted to rotatively sustain the rolls 6 of cloth to bemeasured. The pressure-roll 7, also carried by the brackets 5, serves toprevent wrinkling of the fabric as it is unwound from the roll 6.

The cloth passes from the roll 6 between the rolls 8, located above saidroll 6, and hangs from the latter in the case 9, which protects it, andis then carried upward along opposite sides of the superposedhorizontally-arranged guide-bars 10, connected with the columns oruprights 2. The guide-bars, which are disposed in parallelism, insurethe proper feed of the material.

The fabric after it leaves the guide-bar 3 is carried'upward and aroundthe guide-roll 11, rotatively supported between the columns 2, and thendownward and beneath the guide-bars 12 in horizontal alinement, one ofsaid guidebars 12 being connected to the columns 2, be tween the same,and the other being supported by and between the side members of anauxiliary frame upon which the different parts'of the winding mechanismare sustained.

The fabric after it leaves the guide-bar 12 on the right is carriedupward between the rolls 13 and 1 1, the roll 14 constituting ameasuring-roll, as a register, hereinafter more particularly described,is connected with the same.

The roll 13 constitutes a pressure-roll, its pur pose being to hold thefabric firmly in contact with the periphery of the measuring-roll, so asto secure the accurate registration of the cloth passing in contacttherewith. The cooperating rolls 13 and 14 are supported between theboard-carrying devices, hereinafter more parends of said shafts beingcarried by an arm 16 upon one of the columns 2. A second plate 17 isshown, it being in parallelism with the other plate and having a deepdiagonallydisposed aperture or slot 18 into which the rolls 13 and 14are let. The plates 15 and 17 are mounted upon the bed-plate 4 andconstitute an auxiliary frame for sustaining the winding mechanism, andas the shafts of the rolls 13 and 14 are mounted simply upon the plate15 it will be apparent that the plate 17 can be freely moved toward andfrom its companion without coming in contact with the said rolls, theaperture or slot 18 permitting this result.

I will now describe in detail one of the boardcarrying devices, and asthey are the same in construction such description will answer for both.Upon the top of the plates 15 and 17 are rotatively mounted thestub-shafts 19 and 19, to which the gears 20 or other powerdrivenmembers are suitably fastened, the hub 21 of one of the gears beingrotative in the hearing which sustains the stub-shaft 19. A pin 22extends radially of the hub 21 and its inner end fits in thelongitudinal channel or groove 22 in the periphery of the stub-shaft 19,by reason of which it will be seen that said stub-shaft is free to havea sliding movement through the corresponding gear. Upon the inner endsof the said stub-shafts are suitably fastened the collars 23, having theelongated jaws 24, in the inner faces of which the grooves 25 areformed, said grooves being V-shaped in cross-section. The board 26 iscarried between these jaws and the ends of the board are of a shape toagree with the grooves 25, into which they are adapted to fit. Pinions,as 27, suitably fastened to the shafts 28, mesh with the gears 20,hereinbefore described. The shafts 28 fixedly carry upon one end thereofthe pulleys 29, adapted to be simultaneously driven by a belt 30,actuated from the driving-pulley 30, said belt also traveling in contactwith the idle pulley 30".

It will be assumed that the cloth after it has passed the rolls 13 and14 has been applied to the board 26 between the upper pair of jaws 24,as shown by full lines in Fig. 2, and that said board has been filledwith such cloth and that the lower board 26 is empty. To transfer thecloth onto the lower board, the following operation takes place: Theshafts 19 and 19 are stopped by shifting the belt 30 from the pulley 30onto a loose pulley, (not shown,) after which the cloth is cut on astraight line at some point between the filled board and thepressure-roller 13. The leading and free end of the cloth is then placedupon the lower and empty board, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Theupper or filled board is then removed and an empty one inserted in itsplace, after which the belt 30 is moved onto the pulley 30 for thepurpose of again simultaneously actuating the two board-carryingmechanisms.

Brackets, as 40, extend from the columns 2 and carry rotatively betweenthem a screw or worm shaft 41, having at one end a pulley 42, adapted tobe connected to a similar pulley 43 upon the shaft of the roll 14 bymeans of the belt 44. The brackets also sustain above the shaft 44 thebar 45, which slidably carries the nut 46, adapted to engage nor mallythe screw-shaft 41 to be actuated thereby, the nut of course slidinglongitudinally of the bar or shaft 45. Said nut is provided with anangular arm or extension 46, having at its outer end a depending finger47, adapted to cooperate with a plate 48, connected to the outer ends ofthe said brackets 40, and the outer face of which is graduated torepresent yards and fractions thereof. As the shaft 41 is rotated by theconnections hereinbefore described with the guide or measuring roll 14the nut 46 is moved along the shaft 45, the finger 47 being carriedtherewith and traveling adjacent to the registering-plate 48, so as toindicate the measurement of the cloth wound upon the respective boards.hen the nut 46 reaches the end of the screw-shaft 41, it can be returnedto its initial position by disconnecting the same from said screwshaft,and this result can be accomplished by lifting the finger-piece 49 uponthe outer end of the angular arm 46.

It will be remembered that the stub-shaft 19 is slidably connected withits gear, and I provide means for normally maintaining the two parts inrigid relation, so as to firmly hold the board in place. Upon the innerside of the gear 20, through which the stub-shaft 19 passes, is fastenedthe spring 33, having between its ends the tooth 34, adapted to benormally seated in a notch or recess 35 in the stub-shaft, whereby thelatter is held against endwise movement. The spring 33, which, it willbe understood, is in the nature of a latch, terminates at its free endin a finger-piece 36, which can be engaged so as to lift the tooth 34out of the notch 35, thereby freeing the stub-shaft, so that the samecan he slid outward to carry the jaw 24, connected with said stub-shaft,away from its companion jaw to permit the release of a filled board heldbetween the same. One end of an empty board is placed in the channel ofthe relatively fixed jaw, after which the stub-shaft 19 is slid inwarduntil the opposite end of said board is fitted into the channel of themovable jaw, at which point the tooth 34 will automatically spring intothe notch 35. As the columns 2 are comparatively high, it will be seenthat there is brought to view upon one side of the machine aconsiderable expanse of the fabric, by reason of which the same can beproperly examined for the purpose of discovering defects therein.

It will be understood that the side plate or standard 17 is adjustabletoward and from the companion plate or standard 15 in order to adjustthe said plates to the widthof the cloth to be wound upon the boards.

The improved machine is simple and effect-- ive, and it can beinexpensively made, and by its use I am able to increase the output overmachines of the ordinary kind when no provision is made for transferringthe cloth from one removably-mounted board to another, and said improvedmachine, it will be obvious, ineludes in its organization independentdevices for rcmovably carrying boards on which the cloth is to be woundand guiding means for the fabric or cloth, such guiding means beingintermediate the board-carrying devices.

The invention is not limited to the exact construction hereinbeforedescribed,for many variations as to the same may be adopted within thescope of my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In acloth-windingmachine, the combination of a plurality of devices for removablycarrying cloth-receiving members, a powershaft, connections between saidpower-shaft for positively rotating the cloth-receiving member in acloth-winding direction, and guiding devices for the cloth interposedbetween said members for guiding the cloth alternately onto the saidmembers.

2. In a cloth-winding machine, the combina tion of independentcloth-winding members, means for positively rotating them, andclothguiding devices intermediate said members and adapted to servealternately therewith.

3. In a cloth-winding machine, the combination of a pair of stub-shafts,each provided with a jaw at its inner end, a driven member through whichone of the stub-shafts is slidable, a pin connected with said drivenmember and fitting in a longitudinal groove in said slidable stub-shaft,and a latch upon the driven member adapted normally to engage the said,

stub-shaft and to hold it against endwise movement.

4. In aeloth-winding machine, the combination of a pair of stub-shaftseach provided with a jaw at its inner end, a driven member through whichone of the stub-shafts is slidable, a pin connected with said drivenmember and fitting in a longitudinal groove in said slidable stub-shaft,and a spring-latch upon the driven member adapted normally to engagesaid slidable stub-shaft and to hold it against endwise movement.

5. In a cloth-winding machine, the combination of a pair of stub-shaftseach having a jaw at its inner end, a driven member through which one ofthe stub-shafts is slidable, a pin connected with said driven member andfitted in a longitudinal groove in said slidable stub-- shaft a springconstituting a latch, upon said driven member having a tooth to enterthe notch in said slidable stub-shaft to thereby normally hold the sameagainst endwise movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NELSON JARVIS.

Witnesses:

W. H. BENNETT, HORMIDAS LA LIBERTA.

